Dhenuka (raga)

It is called Dhunibinnashadjam[1][2] in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

The mnemonic phrase is sa ri ga ma pa dha ni.

[1] Its ārohaṇa-avarohaṇa structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): (Suddha Rishabham, Sadharana Gandharam, Suddha Madhyamam, Suddha Dhaivatham, Kakali Nishadham) As it is a melakarta rāgam, by definition it is a sampoorna rāgam (has all seven notes in ascending and descending scale).

Dhunibinnashadjam is the 9th Melakarta in the original list compiled by Venkatamakhin.

Dhenuka's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields 3 other Melakarta rāgams, namely, Shanmukhapriya, Chitrambari and Shoolini.